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ben wedeman in gaza. thank you. >>> next up, secretary of state hillary clinton is meeting with president mo hamad morsi who could be the best deal to broker a piece deal. good morning, reza, set the scene for us this morning and how important mr. morsi is in the solution we see here. >> reporter: yeah, christine, this is another critical day in this conflict. a lot of people anxious to see what happens in the coming hours. it's a little after 12:00 noon cairo time and in a couple of hours secretary clinton is scheduled to arrive in cairo meeting with the egyptian president mohammad morsi as well as the arab league. whenever big conflicts happen in the middle east, washington wants to be seen as playing a major role as peacemaker. that is clearly why mrs. clinton is in the region today, but it is also clear that throughout the past few days it's been egypt that's taking the lead as peacemaker. obviously, they have strong links to hamas and they also have links with israel with that peace treaty they have
ben wedeman in gaza. thank you. >>> next up, secretary of state hillary clinton is meeting with president mo hamad morsi who could be the best deal to broker a piece deal. good morning, reza, set the scene for us this morning and how important mr. morsi is in the solution we see here. >> reporter: yeah, christine, this is another critical day in this conflict. a lot of people anxious to see what happens in the coming hours. it's a little after 12:00 noon cairo time and in a...
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>> ben wedeman, thank you very much. appreciate it. >>> we are so lucky here at cnn to have someone like jim clancy who has been covering this, what, since the 1980s. >> early '80s. >> he's in the building with us. i thought it was interesting this morning you told me about israel's tactics, the tactics they used in the past. do you think they're viable now? >> they're not working. it is obvious they're not working. what we have here is a situation where there was sharon, lieberman and now netanyahu strategy. strategy was give the palestinians gaza. there is no water there. they get all their water from israel. salty in the summertime. hang on to the west bank. just move back the guard towers in gaza. and control that area. at the same time, take negotiations off the table and as we have seen during mr. netanyahu's stint as prime minister, don, zero negotiations, real negotiations. so this is a strategy, the missiles are proving it is not going to work. they -- they can go in again. but it is not going to accomplish anyt
>> ben wedeman, thank you very much. appreciate it. >>> we are so lucky here at cnn to have someone like jim clancy who has been covering this, what, since the 1980s. >> early '80s. >> he's in the building with us. i thought it was interesting this morning you told me about israel's tactics, the tactics they used in the past. do you think they're viable now? >> they're not working. it is obvious they're not working. what we have here is a situation where there...
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ben wedeman is live in jerusalem this morning. ben, we're hearing there are protests happening right now in jerusalem. you are in jerusalem. what are the details on these protests? >> the israeli police were bracing for protest in solidarity by palestinians with the people of gaza. our understanding is there have already been some small clashes between the police and palestinian protesters, in some cases they've been throwing rocks at the police. the police responding, at least by the sound of it, from here, either with stun grenades or tear gas. in some cases, some fisticuffs were exchanged. but this was really to be expected. now, today is friday. a day of prayer for muslims in jerusalem and elsewhere. but it was expected it would be a day of protest. so the israeli police basically put a limit, anybody over the age of 40 will not be allowed into this compound behind me. the temple mount. what they were trying to do is really just to keep the numbers down in jerusalem from going in to the mosque. but it appears that protests are
ben wedeman is live in jerusalem this morning. ben, we're hearing there are protests happening right now in jerusalem. you are in jerusalem. what are the details on these protests? >> the israeli police were bracing for protest in solidarity by palestinians with the people of gaza. our understanding is there have already been some small clashes between the police and palestinian protesters, in some cases they've been throwing rocks at the police. the police responding, at least by the...
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ben wedeman reporting live now from jerusalem. we know, ben, that the israelis have called up 16,000 reservists. what exactly are they going to be doing? >> well, what they'll be doing is heading down into the area around gaza. very similar to what we saw in 2008, 2009, when they had a similar outbreak of violence between the two sides. we also know that there's a lot of heavy armor, lots of tanks being transported to the area around gaza, as well, for a possible ground incursion. but what we saw back in 2008-2009, was that it was several days of fairly intense israeli air strikes that preceded ground invasions. now what we've heard within the last half hour, the air raid sirens went off in tel aviv. there are unconfirmed reports there's the possibility of one or two rockets hitting the area, but it's still the situation is unclear. certainly what we're seeing is that much of israel from tel aviv to the south is on high alert with these missiles coming in. and here in jerusalem, for instance, the police are on high alert because t
ben wedeman reporting live now from jerusalem. we know, ben, that the israelis have called up 16,000 reservists. what exactly are they going to be doing? >> well, what they'll be doing is heading down into the area around gaza. very similar to what we saw in 2008, 2009, when they had a similar outbreak of violence between the two sides. we also know that there's a lot of heavy armor, lots of tanks being transported to the area around gaza, as well, for a possible ground incursion. but...
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ben wedeman is here. ben, tell us about this particular broadcast center and why israel so badly wants to take it out. >> reporter: this is an office building. it contains in addition to lawyers' offices and others, a television station associated with the hamas movement. what's unclear, however, is what exactly their intention was. the first floor, there's a lawyers office. there's no sign for the television. my understanding, that's a few floors above where this building was hit. this building was hit in the upper floors, its top floor yesterday. very early yesterday. so it's not altogether clear what the target is. i saw the ambulance services brought out one person who was severely burned. we have subsequently learned that he is dead. they are still looking inside the building to see if there are others who may still be alive or injured or dead inside. the fire trucks have been spraying water. it does appear the fire is being put out. but as far as exactly what israel's intended target was for this st
ben wedeman is here. ben, tell us about this particular broadcast center and why israel so badly wants to take it out. >> reporter: this is an office building. it contains in addition to lawyers' offices and others, a television station associated with the hamas movement. what's unclear, however, is what exactly their intention was. the first floor, there's a lawyers office. there's no sign for the television. my understanding, that's a few floors above where this building was hit. this...
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ben wedeman is in gaza city tonight. ben, how are civilians dealing with this conflict? some of those numbers we hear, 870 people injured are frightening. >> yeah, they're not dealing very well with it. it's a very difficult situation. you have to keep in mind, erin, that here in gaza, they don't have early warning systems. they don't have bomb shelters. they don't have an iron dome system to protect them. so, they feel very exposed. don't see a lot of people out in the street. when they do go out, they do it so very quickly. they get supplies. and really, they're just watching the television. listening to the news. awaiting to see if israel is going to go ahead with its ground incursion because as difficult as the situation is now, it will become much, much worse if israeli forces enter. probably much higher civilian casualties. as we saw four years ago, there was a heavy death toll. almost a rather more than 1,400 killed, so there's a lot of trepidation about what could be just around the corner. >> and ben, i know right before you literally came on the air with us, th
ben wedeman is in gaza city tonight. ben, how are civilians dealing with this conflict? some of those numbers we hear, 870 people injured are frightening. >> yeah, they're not dealing very well with it. it's a very difficult situation. you have to keep in mind, erin, that here in gaza, they don't have early warning systems. they don't have bomb shelters. they don't have an iron dome system to protect them. so, they feel very exposed. don't see a lot of people out in the street. when they...
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>> well, our ben wedeman went down to the funeral for the members of that family you just saw in that story, and while he was at the funeral they heard two loud roars across the street, a third outgoing rocket they saw going overhead, and mourners were chanting revenge, revenge. so far, the israeli defense forces are saying that over 560 rockets have been fired from gaza into israel since the conflict began and the israelis have struck approximately 1,350 targets in gaza. so certainly at this point in time seems to be an escalating conflict and finding any sort of cease-fire will have all sorts of diplomatic efforts under way. but so far none of them successful. >> cnn's anderson cooper is in the middle east to cover the escalating conflict between israel and hamas. and during a live report from gaza city last night, anderson got to experience firsthand what the palestinians have been coping with for the last six days. >> also two media centers. whoa. that was a rather large explosion. that occurred -- just look out here. i can't actually see where the impact of that was. it is actual
>> well, our ben wedeman went down to the funeral for the members of that family you just saw in that story, and while he was at the funeral they heard two loud roars across the street, a third outgoing rocket they saw going overhead, and mourners were chanting revenge, revenge. so far, the israeli defense forces are saying that over 560 rockets have been fired from gaza into israel since the conflict began and the israelis have struck approximately 1,350 targets in gaza. so certainly at...
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let's talk with ben wedeman in the area. can you tell us more? >> reporter: i am in tel aviv on the coast and we understand from our bureau in jerusalem. the air raid sirens went off for quite some time and israeli channel 2 is reporting that more than one missile landed north of jerusalem and we don't have any information at this point about injuries or any damage that may have taken place. we were able to speak on the phone with a spokesman for the hamas movement who said that they indeed were the ones who fired that missile and this is significant because in the 2008 and 2009 war between hamas and israel no missiles reached that far. nothing in the area of jerusalem which is 80 kilometers or about 50 miles from gaza. now, here in tel aviv earlier in the day, in fact, there were also a missile landed just off the coast on the beach and of course there were still people out here. many of the people in this area rushed into the kitchen of a nearby cafe and this is significant. certainly if israel is planning a ground incursion into gaza, these so
let's talk with ben wedeman in the area. can you tell us more? >> reporter: i am in tel aviv on the coast and we understand from our bureau in jerusalem. the air raid sirens went off for quite some time and israeli channel 2 is reporting that more than one missile landed north of jerusalem and we don't have any information at this point about injuries or any damage that may have taken place. we were able to speak on the phone with a spokesman for the hamas movement who said that they...
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first our senior international correspondent ben wedeman is joining us now from israel. what's it like there, ben? >> reporter: well, wolf, it's sort of surreal. we're next to a sushi restaurant that's not in any sense full, but people have been coming all evening and dining. nonetheless, just 15 kilometers south of here is the gaza strip. we've heard steady explosions coming from there as israel continues its campaign of air strikes. we also saw just to the north of here three streaks of light going into the sky. that is israel's iron dome system in action once again. now, of course you've heard the israeli security cabinet has authorized the call-up of 75,000 reservists in anticipation of a possible ground incursion. now, speaking to people around here, it's interesting. they are telling us that ironically they are happy that jerusalem and tel aviv came under missile strikes from gaza, happy they say because finally they feel that the rest of the country is beginning to experience what here for instance they say they've experienced for the last three days intensely. bu
first our senior international correspondent ben wedeman is joining us now from israel. what's it like there, ben? >> reporter: well, wolf, it's sort of surreal. we're next to a sushi restaurant that's not in any sense full, but people have been coming all evening and dining. nonetheless, just 15 kilometers south of here is the gaza strip. we've heard steady explosions coming from there as israel continues its campaign of air strikes. we also saw just to the north of here three streaks of...
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our colleague ben wedeman is on the border between israel and gaza. thanks for joining us. we're hearing 30,000 troops are waiting near the border. another 7,000 reservists are being called up. are you seeing evidence that a full-on assault might beeft. >> a lot of armor is on the move. trank tra tank transporters are all around the area. armored carriers as well. there does seem to be an amount of urgency in the deployment of forces around the gaza strip. we saw the iron dome anti-missile system in action. we saw a series of bright lights coming up from the horizon just in front of me and overhead exploding in midair, as we assume that is one of those anti-missile missiles hitting the rockets coming out of gaza. we also saw a large blast on the horizon behind me, which of course is the gaza strip itself. so certainly all indications are that israel is preparing for a large ground inkurgz into gaza. however, it's clear they have yet to make a final decision on when or even if that's going to happen. gary. >> you know, ben, that iron dome is really a game changer. remember t
our colleague ben wedeman is on the border between israel and gaza. thanks for joining us. we're hearing 30,000 troops are waiting near the border. another 7,000 reservists are being called up. are you seeing evidence that a full-on assault might beeft. >> a lot of armor is on the move. trank tra tank transporters are all around the area. armored carriers as well. there does seem to be an amount of urgency in the deployment of forces around the gaza strip. we saw the iron dome...